Arachnida of the Solomon Islands / by W.J. Rainbow.

  • Rainbow, William Joseph, 1856-1919.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Arachnida of the Solomon Islands / by W.J. Rainbow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Family ARGIOPIDvE. Genus Tetragnatha, Latr. Tetragnatha mandibulata,* Walck. ? ret ray nath a :mcmdibulata, Walck., Hist. nat. des. Ins., Apt. ii., 1837, p. 211 ; Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i., 1871, p. 194, pi. xvii., tigs. 2, 2a, 2b, 3, 3a, 3b. I have not much doubt, but that the specimen before me, badly damaged as it is, is any other than the species indicated above. Hub.—Island of Howla. Previously recorded from New Granada, Viti, Upplu and Tonga. Genus Leucauge, White. Leucauge celebesiana, * Walck. Tetra<inatha celebesiana, Walck., Hist. nat. des Ins., Apt., ii., 1837, p. 222. Meta decor at a, Blackw., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1864, p. 44 ; Koch, Die Arach. Austr., i., 1871, p. 141, pi. xi., fig 5. Argyroepeira celebesiana, Thor., Studi. Rag. Mai., iv., 1890, p. 194. Hah.—Russell Island (Froggatt.). Widely distributed over Malaisia, New Guinea, Australia and S. Sea Islands. Leucauge grata, Guer. Epeira grata. Guer, Voy. de la Coq., Zool., ii., 2, p. 56. Epeira coccinea, Dol., Nat. Tiid. Nederl. Ind., xiii., 1826, (supp. 3, vol. iii), p. 421, 1857'. Argyroepeira grata, Poc., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., i. (6), 1898, p. 464. Hab.—Russel] Island (Froggatt), Ugi and Howla. Widely distributed over the Austro-Malaisian area. Genus Nephila, Leach. Nephila maculata, Fab. Epeira maculata, Fab., Ent. Syst., ii., 1793, p. 425. Hab.—Russell Island (Froggatt), also Ugi and Gaudalcanar. Numerous specimens of this typical species occur in all collections from the S. Sea Islands.